wog

[ wog ]

noun

, Chiefly British Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to any nonwhite person, especially a dark-skinned person of Middle Eastern or Southeast Asian origin or descent.

wog

¹

/ wɒɡ /

noun

1. slang.
   influenza or any similar illness

wog

²

/ wɒɡ /

noun

1. slang.
   a foreigner, esp one who is not White

Other Words From

• woggish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wog¹

First recorded in 1925–30; perhaps shortening of golliwogg

Word History and Origins

Origin of wog¹

C20: of unknown origin

Origin of wog²

probably from golliwog

Example Sentences

Having emigrated from Jamaica to London more than three decades earlier, Abel and his childhood friend — the original Stanford — find jobs as the two “chosen wogs” in an all-white ship crew.

From New York Times

“Racist immigration legislation has been shared by both political parties. Winston Churchill talked about the ‘wogs’ and all that.

From The Guardian

"There were certain scenes where Ramanujan is being called a 'wog' and it started to hurt a little. I thought 'I don't feel comfortable about this', and I didn't expect that to happen."

From BBC

Matters were made still worse when he accused Britain of treating him like “a wog”.

From The Guardian

No one in New York can say “wogs go home” as everyone “comes from somewhere else”.

From The Guardian